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indemnity
[ in-dem-ni-tee ]
noun
- protection or security against damage or loss.
- compensation for damage or loss sustained.
- something paid by way of such compensation.
- protection, as by insurance, from liabilities or penalties incurred by one's actions.
- legal exemption from penalties attaching to unconstitutional or illegal actions, granted to public officers and other persons.
indemnity
/ ɪnˈdɛmnɪtɪ /
noun
- compensation for loss or damage; reimbursement
- protection or insurance against future loss or damage
- legal exemption from penalties or liabilities incurred through one's acts or defaults
- (in Canada) the salary paid to a member of Parliament or of a legislature
- act of indemnityan act of Parliament granting exemption to public officers from technical penalties that they may have been compelled to incur
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Other Words From
- anti-in·demni·ty adjective
- prein·demni·ty noun plural preindemnities
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Word History and Origins
Origin of indemnity1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of indemnity1
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Example Sentences
There, in his empty office, he tells his story to a Dictaphone (channeling Double Indemnity) of how he became “Devin Morehouse.”
A more carefully worded legal indemnity would stop that happening.
The expatriated ex-rebels became alarmed by the non-receipt of the indemnity instalment and the news from their homes.
In due course indemnity claims were forwarded to the military authorities, who rejected them all.
The French war indemnity enabled him to redeem a considerable portion of the state debt and to remit certain taxes.
Before he left Canada he proclaimed the act of indemnity, and notified her majesty's disallowance of the ordinance.
In reality the dissenters suffered very little from these acts, for they were relieved by annual acts of indemnity.
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